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Hampton Hawes: Yesterdays (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 29, 09

Hampton Hawes' style integrated vestiges of stride with his own version of bebop. His sound was uniquely his own. Rec...

Hampton Hawes: Hip (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

A divine head start if there ever was one, Hampton Hawes was born with six fingers on each hand. The extra digits wer...

Hampton Hawes: I Love You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

If your concept of mid-50s California jazz is of unrelenting cool, take a good listen to Hampton Hawes’ album For Rea...

Hampton Hawes: Broadway (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

The interaction between Hampton Hawes and Jim Hall on all three volumes of the All Night Session dates is a real...

Hampton Hawes (with Charlie Haden): As Long As There’s Music (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

This was Hampton Hawes’ last recording as a leader, and perhaps his most beautiful. The master take of the title tun...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Hampton Hawes: The Green Leaves of Summer (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 15, 09

After a drug bust on his 30th birthday in 1958, Hawes was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but eventually sought and ...

Charlie Haden: Turnaround (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

This recording was my first exposure to Hampton Hawes, who, in my opinion, was one of the most swinging pianists of a...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

Shorty Rogers: Popo (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

As a trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, arranger and bandleader, Shorty Rogers was one of the most important figures...

Barney Kessel: 64 Bars on Wilshire (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

Kessel's busy ode to a traffic-soaked Los Angeles thoroughfare contains several wild conflagrations by pianist Hampto...

Sonny Rollins: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Shortly after this West Coast session, Sonny Rollins returned to New York and withdrew from the jazz scene for close ...

Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray: The Hunt (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Two of Wardell Gray’s and Dexter Gordon’s tenor duels, “The Chase” and “The Hunt,” rank among the all-time highlights...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Hawes, Hampton (Hampton Barnet, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09

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A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

New Reviews of Old Music posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 23, 09

Below is a baker’s dozen of tracks reviewed during the last two weeks. Each of these performances was rated 90 or ab...

Taylor, Art (Arthur S., Junior) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Arthur Taylor's strong sense of swing, expert control of dynamics and deep melodic sensibility placed him in the elit...

Pepper, Art (Arthur Edward Pepper Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper’s playing was cerebral in its melodic concepts, sophisticated in execution and mordant in...

Farmer, Art (Arthur Stewart) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09

Art Farmer’s gentle intonation and articulation on the trumpet and flugelhorn brought a welcome contrast to the somet...

Revisiting Jazz Classics posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 10, 08

Five days per week, jazz.com highlights a classic recording from the past. This feature, called A Classic Revisit...

Building the World's Largest Online Jazz Encyclopedia posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 12, 09

If I thought writing a blog was demanding, little did I guess how challenging it would be to construct an encyc...

Lewis, Mel (Sokoloff, Melvin) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer Mel Lewis set a new standard for the modern big band as co-leader of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in th...

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